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N0. 694,235. Patented Feb. 25, |902.

S. F. BECKWITH.

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(Application led may 4, 1901.)-

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SUMMERS FRANCIS BECKW 1TH, OF CHARLESTON, .WEST VIRGINIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 694,23 5, dated February 25, 1902.

' Application filed May 4, 1901. Serial No. 58,812. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern: f Y

Be it known that LSUMMERs FRANCIS BECK- WITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Charleston, in the county of Kanawha and State of WestVirginia,have invented new and useful Improvements in Paper-Files,of which the following is a specification.

This invent-ion relates to that class of bill files or binders having a spindle with a sharp'- ened end forminga needle, upon which memoranda, tags, ticket-s, or the like may be temporarily placed and wherein the checks or similar papers are threaded upon a cord or other binder simultaneously with the placing of the same upon the spindle.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, cheap, and effective device of this character embodying certain novel features of construction, as will be hereinafter described. Y

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a spindle file embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of the spindle, and Fig. 3 is a central vertical section of the same.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a hollow base-receptacle comprising a circular basepiece 2 and a frusto-conical cap or cover 3, said base-piece and cap or cover being formed with threaded connecting-flanges 11 and 5.

Projecting vertically through an opening 6 in the cap or cover 3 and seated at its lower end in a socket or recess 7, formed in the base-piece 2, is a spindle 8, which has its upper end flattened and flared or tapered to form a needle 9, having a spear-point 10. The eye 11 of said needle is opened or has a slot extending to the exterior to facilitate the threading of the binding-cord therein and the removal of the said cord therefrom.

The binding cord, tape, or wire 12 is wound I upon a spool 13, which is arranged within the base chamber or receptacle 1 and is mounted to rotate upon the lower end of the spindle 8. The free end of the cord or binder projects outwardly through a feed-opening 14, formed in the cap or cover 3, and feeds through said opening, and thence projects upwardly and is passed through the eye 11 of the needle 9.

A cutter-blade l5 is arranged upon the cover 5o 3 to facilitate the cutting of the binding-cord when the papers are tobe removed from the le.

WVhen the papers are thrusted upon the needleand down upon the spindle, the needle in passing through the papers carries the binding-cord with it, whereby the papers are threaded uponthe binder simultaneously with the placing of the same upon the spindle. From the construction of the eye in the 6e spindle it will be seen when the papers are removed therefrom that the cord or tape freely passes from the eye with the papers,and it may be cut by the cutter-blade 15 and the ends tied, so as to secure the papers together and so that theycan be filed away in a single bunch. More tape is then unwound from the spool and threaded through the eye for future use. The spindle passes loosely through the opening 6 and is seated removably in the 7o socket '7, and when the thread is exhausted from the spool the empty spool may be released by simply unscrewing the cover 3 and sliding the spindle upwardly in the opening 6. A new spool may be placed in the basechamber and secured by sliding the spindle down through the bore thereof and into the socket 7 and screwing up the cover 3.

Having thus fully described my invention, whatI claim, and desire to secure by Letters 8o Patent, is

A file comprising a base formed with a centralsocket, a hollow cover detachably secured to the base and having an openin g in vertical alinement with the socket, and a cord-opening, and a spindle shaped at its outer end to form a needle, while its lower end extends through the cover and lits within the socket to serve as a bearing for a spool.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 9o in presence of two witnesses'.

SUllllllERS FRANCIS BECKWITIL Witnesses:

E. E. HARLEss, GEO. OsT. 

